The GbaramatuVoice was established in 2015 as a monthly tabloid published by the Gbaramatu Publishing Company Limited. It hit the newsstand first on August 2015. The newspaper’s sole objective is to bring to public glare what the management saw at the cradle of its formation as information gap and asymmetrical reportage of the activities and people of the Niger Delta.
By Loveth Ojogun The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa has pledged to commission a pilot power project that will restore electricity to Ubima and Isiokpo in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State before the end of the month. Prof. Brambaifa gave the assurance when he paid
Amaseikumor Festival: Where water spirit displays as masquerade Amaseikumor is one of the Ijaw traditions that has endured the test of time. Its celebration is marked annually by the Ijaw people in Gbaramatu kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area, Delta State. Amaseikumor means good living, peace, unity, prosperity and protection to the communities
“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on.” These words of Henry David Thoreau underscore the emerging conversations as we mark yet another World Environment Day (WED). The World Environment Day (WED), which takes place annually on June 5 is the biggest event to celebrate and promote environmental awareness and sustainability
By Loveth Ojogun The people of Salvation City Community, a sub-Community of Ogbe-Ijoh in Warri South West local government Area of Delta State, have cried out for help against pollution in their community. The people whom fishing is their major source of income said that they are suffering environmental degradation from crude oil spills which
—Stakeholders call on residents to embrace green environment By Enaibo Asiayei & Loveth Ojogun The National Coordinator for Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, on Monday May 3, 2019, donated books and other materials for cleaning, to schools across Delta state to commemorate the ‘World Environmental Day 2019’. Further, the CEPEJ
— Says North, not enemy of Niger Deltans By Ebi Jones A group known as the Delta Ijaw Youths Movement for Political Advancement (DIYMPA) has felicitated with political appointees across the country at the State and Federal levels. In a press statement made available to GbaramatuVoice in Abuja on June 4, 2019 and signed by Comrade John Dekawei
—Call on Mr. President to investigate the activities of the military in the Niger Delta By Brakere Birinimighan The Gbaramatu Traditional Council of Chiefs has cried out to the general public of what it called renewed siege, harassment and intimidation of communities and people of Gbaramatu Kingdom by the Nigerian Military. In a statement recently
By Enaibo Asiayei The Delta State Chapter of Niger Delta Youth Movement, NDYM, has urged the Delta state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa to appoint young, dynamic and ICT-savvy Deltans in his cabinet of second term of office. The call was made on Friday, May 25 2019 at the inauguration ceremony of the newly-elected state executive of NDYM, at
–Says itsekiris and Urhobos have benefited By Brakere Birinimighan A group under the aegis of Concerned Indigenes of Ogulagha Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state has called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to appoint a native of Ogulagha as Chairman or Managing Director, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). The call
By Badmus Shina & Godbless Motiola In this report, GbaramatuVoice exposes that Kokodiagbene, an oil producing community in Delta state, is bereft of drinkable water, electricity, hospital; and natives fund only secondary school in the community. Kokodiagbene is known for fishing and farming. This Ijaw community in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Warri South West Local Government
By Shina Badmus A community in Egbema Kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State known as Okifamba has over the years been neglected leading to different forms of sickness among residents, stakeholders have said. Our reporter learnt that the sicknesses were as a result of no-functional health centre in the community. And the
By Enaibo Asiayei A former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has said in a goodwill message he personally signed that Chief Edwin Clark has made significant contributions to Nigeria’s growth and development, adding that the nonagenarian has continued to work for the nation’s unity and progress. Also, a statement issued by Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan’s spokesman further
By David Owei Leader of the Legislative Arm of Burutu Local Government Council in Delta State, Hon. Joseph Alubeze and his entourage paid a courtesy visit to Chief Edwin Clark at his Asokoro residence, Abuja. Their visit was to felicitate with the elder statesman on the occasion of his 92nd birthday. Alubeze, who is known
By Badmus Shina It is not the best time for the family of Oturubo that lost their son, Freedom Opai Otorubo, to Trans-Forcados pipeline explosion that occurred at Yeye, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, recently. According to family sources, until the incident, Freedom had attained piloting skill in the Presidential Amnesty Programme
By Enaobo Asiayei The Member-elect representing Ekeremor 11 constituency, in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Honourable Wilson Ayakpo Dauyegha has appealed to the people of the state, especially the All Progressives Congress, APC, and his family, to disregard what he described as “False rumour and propaganda currently being speculated by retrogressive persons in our
By Emmanuel Serigbana The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), has expressed dismay over the fresh killings, last Friday, in Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area and last Sunday, in Kono Bo-ue, another Ogoni communities also in Khana, Rivers State. MOSOP did not condemn the attack with a kid’s voice, but
By Loveth Ojogun The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured that it will continue to support efforts to curb drug abuse in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Acting Managing Director, Prof Nelson Brambaifa, stated this while addressing participants in the Miss Niger Delta Beauty Queens Unity Walk Campaign Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
By Enaibo Asiayei The Ubulu-Uku Kingdom, Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State, was thrown into pandemonium on Monday, May 20 2019, given the alleged killing of a chief in the community by suspected herdsmen. GbaramatuVoice gathered the chief’s name as Chikwe Ojinji of Udo quarters of Ubulu-Uku, who was apparently murdered by Fulani herdsmen on
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State has sacked candidates of the All Progressives Congress Party (APC) currently recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state. The affected were the governorship candidate, Senator John Owan-Enoh, the leadership of the party led by Mr. John Ochalla and others. In a two-hour judgment
By Emmanuel Serigbana A Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan will chair the 2nd Term Inaugural Lecture as well as presentation of a book in honour of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike by 10am on Monday May 27, 2019, at Dr Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt. Prof. Anya O. Anya will
By Shina Badmus Chevron Nigeria Limited has attracted the wrath of the people of Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, over what they described as aged-long neglect of the community by the company. They expressed disaffection in the hand of Chevron this morning, May 22, 2019, by
By Shina Badmus Residents of Kokodiagbene community in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, has shut down Chevron’s Otunana flow station early this morning, May 22 2019. They demanded among other things that electricity should be extended from the flow station to the community, as well as drinkable water, and
By Shina Badmus The Chairman of Kunukunuma Federated Community in Gbaramatu Kingdom of Delta State, Chief Moses Bebenimibo has said that the community has not seen dividends of democracy from the government of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. Bebenimibo said this during an exclusive interview with GbaramatuVoice at his office in Ekpan near Warri, on Monday, May 20 2019.
By Loveth Ojogun The Center for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, an NGO, has called on the Federal Government, NOSDRA, and International oil companies, IOCs, to look into the fire outbreak at the Trans-Forcados Pipeline around Chanomi Creek, Yeye community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. The CEPEJ’s National Coordinator, Peace Amb. Comrade
The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has charged Christians to be steadfast in prayers to spur God’s intervention on security challenges in the country. Okowa bared this notion at the 2nd session of the 7th Synod of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) at St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Oleh, Delta State, where he was represented by his
By Enaibo Asiayei Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has asked commissioners under his government to tender their handover notes to the different permanent secretaries in the ministries and directorates they work. The governor made this known on Tuesday, May 21 2019,during a valedictory session with members of the State Executive Council in Asaba, the
By Shina Badmus The Egbema/Gbaramatu Fishing Multi-purpose cooperative Society Limited has frowned at the oil spillage that has caused devastation to the source of income of its members. This was made known by the executives of the organisation in a letter addressed to the Pipeline Product and Marketing Company (PPMC), in defense of their members, which GbaramatuVoice was
By Enaibo Asiayei Fire has erupted along the Trans Forcados Pipine within the Chanomi Creeks in Yeye community of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta, at a spill site. The General Manager Community Relations, Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, operator of the crude pipeline, Mr Sylvester Okoh confirmed the incident to newsmen in Warri on Monday, May
No fewer than 1,176 young men and women have been recruited by the Nigerian Navy to aid its fight against sea pirates and illegal bunkers in the nation’s maritime domain. Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), disclosed this on Saturday at the formal Passing Out Parade of Batch 28 recruits trained at
By Enaibo Asiayei The President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide, Eric Omare has called on the Federal Government and stakeholders to take drastic steps to protect the Niger Delta environment from continuous degradation by the activities of multinational oil companies and the local refiners in the region. The IYC leader made the call
By Emmanuel Serigbana Gunmen on Tuesday, May 14 2019, kidnapped five oil workers around the Oil Mining Lease (OML) -55. The company was said to be operated by Belemaoil Producing Limited, an indigenous oil company in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers state. The oil workers were said to be personnel of Integrated Data Services Limited, IDSL and
By Loveth Ojogun The people of Sarabubowei Community of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State might be plunged into crisis given failure of Ocean Marine Company under Pipeline Petroleum Marketing Company (PPMC) to incorporate Sarabubowei in the ongoing oil spill clean-up exercise in the area, representatives said. Comrade Frederick Igere and
By Emmanuel Serigbana Chairman, Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools Board (RSSSSB), Chief David Briggs has sent strong message to parents to take further measure in curbing cultism, drug addiction, and prostitution taking turns amongst adolescents in Rivers state, adding that it calls for urgent approach to rejuvenate moral values in the society. The RSSSSB boss
The Federal Government has said that communities that vandalise developmental projects will not have projects built in their communities again. President Muhammadu Buhari said this on Wednesday, May 16 2019, when he kicked-off and handed over a shoreline protection and land reclamation project in Ekeremo Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The president said that the
